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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1906
Page
6
Sailor Sinbad hauls a loadfish that purrs and swells until nearly round. The creature’s bell chime like delicate singing echoes over waters near Ceylon. Sinbad releases the toadfish, noting the strange music and warning of future wonders in the night.
The article profiles Alexander Muir of Toronto and his views on divorce and gender roles. It quotes his belief that men are often at fault in unhappy marriages and recounts a comic tale of a Toronto man reacting to a door.
Count Th t or de Larneau unveils a submerged luxury mansion near Melun and Sous with guests invited by car. An underwater grotto entrance leads to a reception hall centered on a marble fountain, with an elevator lowering visitors below the river level.
Pat Donovan, habitually drunk, faced a strange ruse by his wife. A neighbor dressed as a ghost hid in a fresh grave in a churchyard. Pat groaned as he passed, asking why the ghost was cold, and he noted the ghost was not fully covered.
In Nordhausen Germany women protest a municipal ban on dresses touching the ground for sanitary reasons. Fines escalate from two to two fifty dollars and a day in jail by the third offense. Authorities defend the rule while women pledge to wear long skirts held up, risking penalties to preserve their attire.
Lord Rayleigh then Mr Strutt, two solvers of a tough Cambridge exam problem, were questioned. The other man cited a German periodical to explain his ease, while Strutt confessed he occasionally contributed to the same periodical and felt flattered by the examiners’ praise. He received the prize.
The piece recalls Balzac's fashion choices and a blue dress coat lined with satin worn for a Paris theater opening. It notes his habit of removing a gold button to sell for cash, and how the coat came to be known as "Les ressources de Quinola" after a failed play.
A report details how radium rays color various stones. A colorless Borneo diamond turned light yellow after eight days and lemon yellow after sixteen. Heating to 250 degrees diminished the color but did not remove it. A pale blue sapphire from Ceylon rapidly darkened to a pale blue after a short exposure. A colorless Brazil diamond showed no coloration.
Sour stomach with symptoms like loss of appetite weakness headaches and bad breath is linked to indigestion. The ad promotes Kodol Digests What You Eat as a purifying and strengthening remedy, claiming ease of settlement and multiple uses. It lists price and producer Bo DeWitt & Co. Ohio.
The Floral Hall premiums awarded include poultry honors to J. H. Eggleston and Mra. M. C. McFadin, with numerous prizes for home made goods, textiles, garden produce, and a controversial set of special awards judged by the Watt Committee. John C. Young Sr. was barred from a handsome man prize, then reinstated by judges, who also declined to decide the ugliest man category.
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